Is « shopping » masculine or feminine?

« shopping » is masculine. You say le shopping.

Article forms

With the definite article le shopping
With the indefinite article un shopping
With the partitive article du shopping

Plural

The plural is shoppings (les shoppings). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.

Why the gender

shopping ends in -ing. Nouns ending in -ing are usually masculine, so shopping follows the pattern. The full rules by ending cover every common suffix.

Related words

Other common nouns that end the same way:

Common questions

Is « shopping » masculine or feminine?

« shopping » is masculine. You say le shopping.

Is it « la shopping » or « le shopping »?

It is « le shopping ». « la shopping » is incorrect.


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